Compared: Azure Load Balancer, Application Gateway, Traffic Manager
The following table summarizes the features offered by each service : Service Azure Load Balancer Application Gateway Traffic Manager Technology Transport level (Layer 4) Application level (Layer 7) DNS level Application protocols supported Any HTTP, HTTPS, HTTP/2 & WebSockets Any (An HTTP endpoint is required for endpoint monitoring) Endpoints Azure VMs and Cloud Services role instances Any Azure Internal IP address or public internet IP address Azure VMs, Cloud Services, Azure Web Apps, and external endpoints Vnet support Can be used for both Internet facing and internal (Vnet) applications Can be used for both Internet facing and internal (Vnet) applications Only supports Internet-facing applications Endpoint Monitoring Supported via probes Supported via probes Supported via HTTP/HTTPS GET Health Monitoring TCP probe HTTP probe HTTP probe HTTPS probe TCP probe HTTP probe HTTPS probe Source IP/Sticky session Supported, 2-...